Hochheimer
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Lord
Rhondda was laid down in Newcastle in England, and was
launched in 1918. She changed name and owners several
times during her career, and was confiscated by the
Germans in second world war. She was renamed to
Hochheimer under their service. Outside the coast of
Bilbao she was torpedoed and sunk by the British
submarine HMS Sceptre 21. May 1944. She went down in the
deep with almost all hands lost. The wreck was found by
technical divers in the early 2000's east of Bilbao,
approximately one nautical mile north of Cape
Machichaco on a depth of 90 to 95 meter.
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 Picture: Lord Rhondda in Bordeaux Courtesy of Photoship, Public domain  Last updated: August 2019 |
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